It has been roughly over a month since I claimed a prompt with the M/M Romance Group on Goodreads for the Love Landscapes Event.
The excitement of writing this story had peaks and valley's and some very low points to be honest. Taking thoughts from your head and putting them to page hoping those who will read it not only get what the story, but like it is nerve wracking.
I will say; I have the best support system a first time author could ask for. When times arose where I wanted to give up, I let my words be read by them and the feedback energized me. It pushed me to write and fueled words to fly from my fingers and create the story of these two boys who just need to get past their issues to be together.
The story is done, I just needed some polishing through editing where I seriously lack talent. I have written Eight Chapters, a Prologue and an Epilogue that total 38,400 words. That number shocks me as I just wrote and didn't realize these boys had so much they needed to say.
Will this be an amazing story? Will it just be okay? Will it be total crap? That is up for those who read it. I am proud that I took a chance and created something that is mine. Yes, the boys came from a picture and while that picture gave me the initial idea for their story; Declan Morrison and Tate Newman came from my crazy brain and made me smile and shout at them as they told me their story. They were a pair of chatty boys, I can tell you.
So, the story -- Overkill -- will be out sometime this summer. I hope to submit it Tuesday to the M/M Romance Group and cross my fingers while holding my breath through my first official editing process and hope it all goes well .
From here... the plot bunnies are a plenty and I think I may write again. Just not on such a fast deadline. My family wasn't too keen on me being lost as much this time around.
Oh and if you are interested, this is what I used as inspiration while writing, my Pinterest Board for the story.
